The Conference aims to discuss new research results in the field of tectonophysics of faulting and related processes. The Conference will consider mechanisms for formation of the zone-block lithospheric structure, tectonophysical regularities of fault zones at different depths, features of active faults that develop in various deformation regimes, with the focus on physical and mathematical modeling results. Special attention will be paid to relationships between faulting and seismicity, structural controls of mineralization, the fluid regime of fault zones, the influence of the fault-block crustal structure on the underground hydrosphere, etc. Within the framework of the Conference, a round-table discussion will be devoted to modern methods for predicting hazardous geological processes controlled by faulting. This Conference welcomes experts from related fields of geology and geophysics and specialists investigating the processes that accompany the crustal destruction.

1. Tectonophysical regularities of formation of the zone-block and fault-block structure of the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates, intraplate hierarchy of the blocks, and their kinematics.
2. Structure of large fault zones of the lithosphere. Active faults, and controls of synchronous and related processes.
3. Faulting in the context of solar-terrestrial interactions.
4. Physical modeling and mathematical simulation of faulting and other deformation processes.
5. Seismic process in the fault-block structure of the lithosphere.
6. Faulting and ore genesis. Faults and kimberlite magmatism.
7. Fluid permeability of fault zones. Stress fields and fault structures of hydrocarbon deposits.

Round-table discussion: Modern methods for predicting hazardous geological processes controlled by faulting

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19 September 2020 (final day of the Conference): Full-day excursion to Lake Baikal, including a visit to Listvyanka settlement, a boat tour of the lake, a walk in the Baikal dendrology park, and a visit to the experimental geodynamic polygon established to discover and research possibilities for control of displacements in the active crustal fault zone.